And Cain laye wyth hys wyfe/ which conceaved and bare Henoch. And he
was buyldinge a cyte and called the name of it after the name of hys
sonne/ Henoch. And Henoch begat Irad. And Irad begat Mahuiael. And
Mahuiael begat Mathusael. And Mathusael begat Lamech.
And Lamech toke hym two wyves: the one was called Ada/ and the other
Zilla. And Ada bare Iabal/ of whome came they that dwell in tentes ãd
possesse catell. And hys brothers name was Iubal: of hym came all that
excercyse them selves on the harpe and on the organs And Zilla she
also bare Tubalcain a worker in metall and a father of all that grave
in brasse and yeron. And Tubalcains syster was called Naema.
Then sayd Lamech vnto hys wyves Ada ãd Zilla: heare my voyce ye wyves
of Lamech and herken vnto my wordes/ for I haue slayne a man and
wounded myselfe/ and haue slayn a yongman/ and gotte my selfe
strypes: For Cain shall be avenged sevenfolde: but Lamech seventie
tymes sevenfolde.
¶ Adam also laye with hys wyfe yet agayne/ and she bare a sonne ãd
called hys name Seth For god (sayd she) hath geven me a nother sonne
For Abell whom Cain slewe. And Seth begat a sonne and called hys name
Enos. And in that tyme began men to call on the name of the LORde.
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Thys is the boke of the generacion of man/ In the daye when God
created man and made hym after the symilytude of god Male and female
made he thẽ and called their names man/ in the daye when they were
created. And when Adam was an hundred and thyrty yere old/ he begat a
sonne after hys lycknesse and symilytude: and called hys name Seth.
And the dayes of Adam after he begat Seth/ were eyght hundred yere/
and begat sonnes and doughters. and all the dayes of Adam which he
lyved/ were .ix. hundred and .xxx. yere/ and then he dyed.
And Seth lyved an hundred and .v. yeres/ and begat Enos. And after he
had begot Enos he lyved .viij. hundred and .vij. yere/ and begat
sonnes and doughters. And all the dayes of Seth were .ix. hundred and
.xij. yere/ and dyed.
And Enos lyved .lxxxx. yere and begat kenan. And Enos after he begat
kenan/ lyved viij. hundred and .xv. yere/ and begat sonnes and
doughters: and all the dayes of Enos were .ix hundred and .v. yere/
and than he dyed.
And kenan lyued .lxx. yere and begat Mahalaliel. And kenan after he
had begot Mahalaliel/ lyved .viij. hundred and .xl. yere and begat
sonnes and doughters: and al the dayes of kenan were .ix. hundred and
.x. yere/ and than he dyed.
And Mahalaliel lyued .lxv. yere/ and begat Iared. And Mahalaliel after
he had begot Iared lyved .viij. hundred and .xxx. yere and begat
sonnes and doughters: and all the dayes of Mahalalyell were .viij.
hundred nynetye and .v. yeare/ and than he dyed
And Iared lyved an hundred and .lxij. yere and begat Henoch: and Iared
lyved after he begat Henoch .viij. hundred yere and begat sonnes and
doughters. And all the dayes of Iared were .ix. hundred and .lxij.
yere/ and than he dyed.
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